diff --git a/lib/nova_plugins/functions-libvirt b/lib/nova_plugins/functions-libvirt
index 8d74c77..dd29976 100644
--- a/lib/nova_plugins/functions-libvirt
+++ b/lib/nova_plugins/functions-libvirt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 DEBUG_LIBVIRT_COREDUMPS=$(trueorfalse False DEBUG_LIBVIRT_COREDUMPS)
 
 # Only Xenial is left with libvirt-bin.  Everywhere else is libvirtd
-if is_ubuntu && [ ! -f /etc/init.d/libvirtd ]; then
+if is_ubuntu && [ ${DISTRO} == "xenial" ]; then
     LIBVIRT_DAEMON=libvirt-bin
 else
     LIBVIRT_DAEMON=libvirtd